A scandalous story of genuine jackbootery on a Denver busline has crossed my plate. It reflects not on the Bush Administration directly but on the reign of terror that the Bush Administration has promulgated. It is a really ugly tale of the kind of thuggery that people should never have to put up with in this country. Unfortunately, in the days of Home Land Security panic-mongering, it occurs too often -- at airports, in meetings on city streets, and on public transport.

You read the facts of the case, and a legal analysis of it, here.

If this is the kind of country that Bush's people want to have, they should be put on trial for treason.

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